Aston Villa – Nottingham. Prediction and announcement for the match of the championship of England

On Saturday, January 3, the match of the 20th round of the English championship between “Aston Villa” and “Nottingham” will take place. The game will start at 14:30 Kyiv time.

Aston Villa

The current season is going very confidently for the team. Although in the last round “Arsenal” interrupted the winning streak of the “villians”, they still remain in the leading positions. For 19 games of the Premier League, the club managed to score 39 points, which allow it to occupy the 3rd step of the tournament table. Aston Villa is 6 points behind both 1st and 5th place.

Birmingham managed to win 15 points in 6 matches of the Europa League. Thanks to this, the club occupies the 3rd place in the overall table of the competition, and only the worse difference of scored/conceived goals separates it from the 1st place.

Nottingham Forest

But for the “foresters” everything is not going so smoothly, especially if you take into account the indicators of the last season. In 19 matches of the English championship, Nottingham scored only 18 points, which is why they are still in 17th position in the tournament table. The distance from the departure zone is not very long – only 4 points.

“Forest” is performing more confidently in the Europa League. After 6 matches, he has 11 points on his account, thanks to which he occupies the 11th place in the overall table of the tournament. The distance from the required top 8 in 2 matches to the end of the main stage is 2 points.

Personal meetings

In the last 5 games between the clubs, “Aston Villa” has a slight advantage. During this period, “Birmingham” managed to win 3 victories, in 2 other matches “Nottingham” won.

Interesting facts

• Nottingham have lost in each of their last 3 matches.
• Aston Villa have failed to keep a clean sheet for 7 games in a row.
• Aston Villa have won each of their previous 10 home matches.

Forecast

I will bet on the victory of “Aston Villa” with the coefficient of 1.83.